Traffic is the flow of cars and other land transportation vehicles, may it be a public, private or government-owned, in the road. If there is heavy traffic then it means that there are many vehicles on the road and it is hard to move and traverse. Traffic is a major problem in various places around the world and this obviously includes the Philippines and it is truly prevalent in our capital, Manila. In our locality, this problem is also very much prevalent in the municipality of Daraga. Most people suffer from everyday traffic problems and this problem has different effects to each individual. One of these is parking problems; because of the difficulty in moving and navigating, it is hard for the people to park their vehicles since they have …show more content…
One of the main reasons is the continuous growth of population. We can say that the increase of population is directly proportional to the increase of cars. This in turn also increases the risk of having traffic congestion. Having low or poor public transportation is another cause of traffic problems. If there are insufficient public transport vehicles like buses and trains, then instead of using the public transportation offered, the people will have the tendency to buy their personal and private mode of transportation. Considering that there is the high fuel costs, people still believe having their own mode of transportation gives them more perks than relying on the public transportation system offered to them since they do not need to be stuck in a transportation that is in poor condition. Another cause of traffic congestions in a lot of places, especially in rural cities that do not have traffic lights are the traffic enforcers. Despite not happening all the time, there are frequent instances where the traffic enforcers, who are supposedly the ones that should be controlling the traffic and making the flow of traffic run smooth, they somehow worsen the situation in the